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dc.contributor.authorTomalin, Emma*
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-21T10:09:14Zen
dc.date.available2013-02-21T10:09:14Zen
dc.date.issued2012-08-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614524.2012.686600en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/269992en
dc.descriptionThis paper takes stock of current thinking about the nature and distinctiveness of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in development. Since the 1990s, public policy-linked scholarship from the USA has sought to define and categorise FBOs. More recently, many donors have increasingly chosen to work with and fund such organisations, giving rise to discussions about how FBOs working in development should be defined and classified, and how their contribution to development should be assessed. While many of the available studies portray FBOs as having comparative advantages over so-called secular organisations, this paper concludes that such a generalisation over-simplifies reality, particularly in the absence of convincing evidence. Further assessments of the characteristics, roles, and activities of all types of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are needed to assist in the choice of development partners and to test claims of distinctiveness and comparative advantage.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent14en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/thinking-about-faith-based-organisations-in-development-where-have-we-got-to-an-269992
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.titleThinking about faith-based organisations in development: where have we got to and what next?en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordFaith
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.issuenameReligion and Developmenten
prism.number5-6en
prism.volume22en


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